[填空题]After Schulz’s death, another excellent comic strip artist was authorized to continue Schulz’s work.

[填空题]After Schulz’s death, another excellent comic strip artist was authorized to continue Schulz’s work.

[单项选择]Charles Schulz’s comic strip, “Peanuts,” features children who make ____ about life.
A. funny, wise statement that
B. which funny, wise statements
C. statements are funny but wise
D. funny but wise statements

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W: Do you believe life after death, Jack
M: Yes, Madam.
W: Well, then, that makes everything just fine. About an hour after you left yesterday to go to your grandfather’ s funeral (葬礼), he dropped in to see you.

What did Jack do yesterday（　）.
A. He attended his grandfather’s funeral (葬礼).
B. He worked as usual.
C. He told a lie to get a day off.

[填空题]Schulz managed to have his comic strip published in newspapers every day with the help of media company called ______.

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M: Do you believe in life after death, Mary
W: Yes, sir.
M: Well, then, that makes everything just fine. About an hour after you left yesterday to go to your grandfather’s funeral, he dropped in to see you.

What do you suppose Mary did the day before（　）.
A. She attended her grandfather’s funeral.
B. She told a lie to get the day off.
C. She meant to attend a funeral but she didn’t.

[单项选择]After the death of their parents, the sisters got ______well and never quarreled.
A. away
B. in
C. along
D. out

[单项选择]Almost a century after his death, the well-known French author Jules Verne has once again managed to fire the imagination of people around the world, this time with an unpublished novel, Paris in the 20th Century. The manuscript, completed in 1863 but long locked away in a safe, was uncovered only in 1989 by Verne’s great- grandson, and it appeared in English translation just a few months ago. This 19th-century vision of the future describes life among skyscrapers of glass and steel, high-speed trains, gas-powered automobiles, calculators, fax machines and a global communications network. The prescience of these forecasts matches what one would have expected from the author who introduced countless readers of his age to a host of technological marvels, from submarines to helicopters and spacecraft.
But in fact, Paris in the 20th Century is a tragedy. It describes the life of an idealistic young man who struggles to find happiness in the fiercely materialistic dystopia that Paris h
A. He thinks it is a comedy.
B. This 19th-century vision of the future describes life among skyscrapers of glass and steel, high-speed trains, gas-powered automobiles, calculators, fax machines and a global communications network.
C. It describes the life of an unidealistic young man who struggles to find happiness in the fiercely materialistic dystopia that Paris has become by 1920.
D. He thinks the Jules Verne has once again managed to fire the imagination of people around the world and it is a grim and troubling comment on the human costs of technological progress.

[单项选择]Ten years after the event, her death still remains a {{U}}puzzle.{{/U}}
A. mist
B. fog
C. mystery
D. secret